by Washington Irving · FisicalBook · tapa dura · ISBN 9788474612455
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«Leyendas de la Alhambra» is a collection of short stories and tales by Washington Irving, in hardcover (191 pages, in Spanish).
«Leyendas de la Alhambra» arose from Washington Irving's stay in Spain, where he visited Granada and found in the Alhambra and its traditional stories the material for these narratives. The author recreates the monument's past with imagination, interweaving reality, history and legend.
«Tales of the Alhambra», the original title of this book, was published in 1832; this Spanish edition appeared in 1994.
This book is suitable for readers aged 12 and over interested in classic tales, travel literature and legends set in Granada.
Washington Irving was an American short-story writer, essayist, biographer, historian, and diplomat of the early 19th century. He wrote the short stories "Rip Van Winkle" (1819) and "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" (1820), both of which appear in his collection The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. His historical works include biographies of Oliver Goldsmith, Muhammad, and George Washington, as well as several histories of 15th-century Spain that deal with subjects such as the Alhambra, Christopher Columbus, and the Moors. Irving served as the American ambassador to Spain in the 1840s.
